The report showed a 122% increase in e-cigarette sales from September 2014 to May 2020 and a 294% increase from November 2016 to August 2019.
The report, released Wednesday, uses retail scanner data. It showed a 122% increase in e-cigarette sales from September 2014 to May 2020 and a 294% increase from November 2016 to August 2019.The Trump administration in February enacted a"flavor ban," establishing that the Food and Drug Administration would prioritize enforcement against flavored, cartridge-based vaping products.Vaping and e-cigarette products are displayed in a store on December 19, 2019, in New York City.
Health experts were concerned that this would simply redirect users to those available products.The report revealed a marked increase in the sale of disposable e-cigarettes began around August 2019. By May 2020, disposable e-cigarettes accounted for just under 20% of total product sales, and menthol and tobacco flavors dominated prefilled cartridge sales.
"Youth e-cigarette use has skyrocketed to epidemic levels and millions of kids have been put at risk of nicotine addiction. The cause of this crisis is clear: tobacco companies have lured kids with appealing flavors and hooked them with massive doses of nicotine.
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